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a statement of the method pursued in making the reductions, to- 
gether with such other remarks as might be requisi This prob- 
ably would not add another sheet to the work.—Francis Baty. 
** June 16, 1842.” ~ 
Report of the Committee on the British Association Catalogue 
of Stars. “TI have the honor to report on the subject of this 
Catalogue, that the calculations of the places of the stars, with 
the annual precessions, secular variations, and proper motions, to- 
gether with the logarithms of the requisite constants, are com- 
pleted for nearly 8300 stars, which is about the number original- 
ly contemplated : that the same are fairly copied out for the press: 
and that the construction of the table of synonyms is now in 
progress, two thirds of which are already completed: that the 
whole of the sum granted at the last meeting of the Association 
has been expended, and that a further sum of £25 will be requi- 
red for the completion of some of the above stars in peculiar por- 
tions, and for the final completion of the synonyms: that the 
above sum of £25 is all that will be wanting in future, as Mr. 
Farley (the principal computer and superintendent) has underta- 
ken to complete the work, ready for the press, without any fur- 
ther remuneration, and which will be ready for delivery in a few 
weeks. Under these circumstances, I have caused an estimate 
to be made of the expense of printing the same: and I find that 
the cost of paper and printing 500 copies in quarto, will be about 
£550, but that 1000 copies will cost £150 more. It will be re- 
quisite, however, to employ some one to correct the press, and to 
superintend the arrangement of the work, which will add to the 
expense here mentioned. A pretty large preface will be requi- 
site, explanatory of the mode adopted in bringing up the several 
stars to the given epoch, and of various cireumstances connected 
with the investigation, as well as descriptive of the method of 
using the Catalogue in its present form. But on these points Iam 
willing to render any assistance in my power.—F'rancis Bary.” 
Report of the Committee for the reduction of Lacaille’s Stars. 
“A committee having been appointed, consisting of myself, Mr. 
nd and Mr. Airy, for the purpose of effecting a reduction 
of Lacaille’s stars, I have the pleasure to report, that under the 
—— of Mr. Henderson, the whole of that per bo 
Completed, and the resulting Catalogue, being arranged in 
order of Right Ascension, is fairly written out and ready for the 
